Field of Streams: Episode 169 – Bad Max Shows Up
Episode 169 – Bad Max Shows Up
The latest episode of “Field of Streams” is live!
In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss trying to figure out whether to believe in Joe Kelly or CC Sabathia or Matt Shoemaker, Max Scherzer’s struggles with left-handed batters, Carlos Correa’s struggles with left-handed pitchers, attempting to analyze Albert Suarez, Dylan trusting Rockies outfielders against bad lefties, a new Brandon Drury nickname, seeking a new pitcher to sponsor on Baseball Reference, the stories of the previous two pitchers the show sponsored on B-R, Matt not trusting Joe Kelly, and Matt preparing (again) for his peanut butter and jelly sandwich eating contest.
Contest picks for Wednesday, June 1: Trevor Bauer vs. TEX (Dylan) and Adam Conley vs. PIT (Matt).
Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Wednesday, June 1: Wilson Ramos, Evan Gattis, Chris Iannetta, J.T. Realmuto, Francisco Cervelli, Matt Wieters, David Ortiz, Miguel Cabrera, Brandon Belt, Anthony Rizzo, Mark Reynolds, Dae-Ho Lee, Jonathan Schoop, Ian Kinsler, Ben Zobrist, Jose Altuve, Jean Segura, Robinson Cano, Andres Blanco, Travis Shaw, Nick Castellanos, Anthony Rendon, Evan Longoria, Martin Prado, Nolan Arenado, Manny Machado, Brandon Crawford, Carlos Correa, Trevor Story, the Yankees outfielders, the Braves outfielders, the Rays outfielders, Denard Span, Mookie Betts, Jayson Werth, J.D. Martinez, Enrique Hernandez, Ryan Raburn, Nelson Cruz, Odubel Herrera, Mark Trumbo, Marcell Ozuna, Gregory Polanco, Brandon Drury, Max Scherzer, Masahiro Tanaka, Aaron Sanchez, Albert Suarez, Jon Lester, Chris Archer, Felix Hernandez, and Adam Conley.
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Approximately 41 minutes of joyous analysis.
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Dylan assists in producingFanGraphs Audio, Effectively Wild, and the FanGraphs Live Twitch channel. He also enjoys the Waxahachie Swap (RIP), the Air Bud principle, and the Oxford comma. You can Tweet him about any of those things @dhhiggins.